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INK Sonntag-Ramirez Ponce is an internationally acclaimed artist living in the Hessian Spessart mountains and in Andalusia/Spain. Her work brings together people from New York to Manilla.

  • Individual and joint exhibitions

    in Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland,
    among others in Berlin, Bern, Frankfurt/M, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Madrid, Munich, Vienna,
    at the ART Madrid and the ART Karlsruhe
    Lucca Biennale Cartasia, world’s largest Biennal of paper art, Lucca/ Tuscany

  • Federal Ministry

    Among others, INK exhibited at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Berlin and Bonn. In Berlin this was the first publicly accessible exhibition at the ministry.

  • Public and private collections

    pieces of work in public and private collections within the country and abroad

  • Jury member culture award MKK

    INK is a jury member of the culture award of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis since 2016

  • Jury member Concurso pintura directa

    INK was a jury member of the Spanish art prize Concurso pintura directa 2017 and 2019

  • Chairwoman of the jury of the culture award MKK

    INK is chairwoman of the jury of the culture award of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis since 2021

Awards

Grant from the Foundation Kulturwerk of VG Bild-Kunst and the State Ministry for Culture and Media of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021)

Grant from the Foundation Kulturwerk of VG Bild-Kunst and the State Ministry for Culture and Media of the Federal Republic of Germany for the project “second image level”

Work grant of the Hessian Cultural Foundation (2021)

Work grant of the Hessian Cultural Foundation, D – Wiesbaden/Hesse

Project grant of the Hessian Cultural Foundation (2020)

Project grant of the Hessian Cultural Foundation, D – Wiesbaden/Hesse, for the art project “Faith – Hope – Love“

Residency grant at the Kunststation Kleinsassen – the art gallery in the district of Fulda (2020)

Residency grant at the Kunststation Kleinsassen – the art gallery in the district of Fulda – for the artproject “Faith – Hope – Love“

Work grant of the Hessian Cultural Foundation (2020)

Work grant of the Hessian Cultural Foundation, D – Wiesbaden/Hesse

11th Nordhausen Graphic Art Award (2020) from the Ilsetraut Glock-Grabe Foundation (Audience-Award)

Museum Kunsthaus Meyenburg, D – Nordhausen/Thuringia

International Art Award 2019 of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe „On the way - wherever?“ (Third Prize)

Quotation from the eulogy given by Prof. Dr. Pia Müller-Tamm, Head of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, on the occasion of the presentation of the award:

“Once again, the jury was impressed by the mastery of INK … She is an excellent drawer who captures photorealistic effects with meticulousness on paper. However, her work under the title Out! – Raus! plays with two levels of reality. The detailed representation in the drawing is again increased by the second image plane of torn paper in its illusionistic effect. The depicted young man seems to be pushing out of the picture towards the viewer.

Those familiar with art history might think of the early self-portraits of Gustave Courbet: the frontal gaze, the tangled hair, the wriggling hands.
But while in the work of Courbet resonates a moment of despair that evokes the closeness of genius and madness, here the artist gives us the personification of unleashed power and exuberant vitality. I understand her image as a plea for self-empowerment, for optimism about the future … ”

Jury i.a.:

  • Prof. Dr. Pia Müller-Tamm, Director of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  • Dr. Brigitte Baumstark, Director of Städtischen Galerie Karlsruhe
  • Prof. Dr. Götz Adriani, Founder of Kunsthalle Tübingen
  • Prof. Erwin Gross, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe

Art award 2018 of Kunststation Kleinsassen (Fulda), „SHE and HE, Who are WE?” (Audience-Award)

Quotation from the eulogy given by the curator Dr. Elisabeth Heil:

„Hardly a visitor could avoid … the charm of shining Adam, aware of his own charismatic effect. Not the serpent seduces, it is Adam who can tempt woman into rash action – or not. INKs modern EVAs light to themselves voluptuous-reflecting a cigarette, could-shoulder Adam (for the time being!), or they take up, at the same time brisk and fun-loving, the communication with the darting snake. It is not about a fruit, but about the advertising, flirtatious, desiring strife between man and woman. How will it turn out – when faced with this male superstar, who attracts everyone´s attention?”

Hans-Jürgen Imiela Memory Art Award, 27. Mainzer Art Award Eisenturm 2017 „Thoughts are free - drawings“ (Second Prize)

Quotation from the eulogy given by Dr. Nicole Nieraad-Schalke, cultural scientist:
“-Eva – the realization- masterly….Our gaze gets caught in the astounding richness of detail of the portrayed Eva, which the “Drawer of Souls” INK was able to bring to paper with utmost sensitivity and mindfulness. The beauty of her drawing captivates us and takes our breath away.

At the same time, however, the work invites us to decode universal symbolics and recognize deeper truths. The decorative, colored apple creates a narrative moment that refers to a core scene of the Bible. Seductive sensuality is omnipresent in the drawing, but it remains open who or what seduces. The tempting dangling apple? Eva with a naked shoulder, sparkling earring and a coquettish grip on her hair? Or the mysterious “Shadow Launcher” that captivates Eva’s attention so much? At a deeper level, this passage of the Bible makes it clear that humans are not programmable, innocent robots, but have a free will and can choose between good and evil. Eva’s skepticism is reflected in Eva’s view, but also a ripening understanding that this choice opens the way to self-responsible life and thus leads to real freedom. Therefore, she does not even have to bite into the apple for this realization … ”

Incentive Award of the St. Leopold Piece Award 2011 for Humanitarian Commitment in Arts, A – Klosterneuburg / Vienna, International Art Award

Quotation from the eulogy given by the Hwst. Mr. General Abbot Provost Bernhard H. Backovsky on the occasion of the presentation of the award:
„ … a masterly drawing …“.

Jury i.a.:

  • General Director Dr. Sabine Haag, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • General Director Prof. Dr. Ronald de Leeuw, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  • Director Mag. Peter Weinhäupl, Leopold Museum, Vienna

International Art Award 2011 of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe „Mirroring and Reflection“ (First Prize)

Quotation from the eulogy given by Prof. Dr. Müller-Tamm, Head of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, on the occasion of the presentation of the award:

„… This broad range of meaning between mirroring and reflection and not least the astonishing graphic precision make this piece of work that captivating, exciting and thus worthy of the award.“    

Jury i.a.:

  • Prof. Dr. Pia Müller-Tamm, Director of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  • Prof. Dr. Götz Adriani, Board Member of the Foundation of Kunsthalle Tübingen

Cultural Award of the Main-Kinzig District 2009

Quotation from the eulogy given the Chief Administrative Officer of the Main-Kinzig District, Erich Pipa, on the occasion of the presentation of the award:

„… her pieces of work have convinced the members of the jury for they challenge the viewer’s eye by many elaborate details. At first sight, one might think they are photographs. Only when looking at them more thoroughly and also longer, one will notice that the painted or drawn images have an unfamiliar and irritating effect.“

International Art Award 2008 of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe „Modern Mobility“ (Second Prize)

Quotation from the eulogy given Prof. Dr. Rödiger-Diruf, Head of Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe ret., on the occasion of the presentation of the award:

„.. with unbelievable realism …. elaborate to every detail. The fascinatingly sensitive and at the same time material dealing … evidence extraordinary artistic ability.“

Jury i.a.:

  • Prof. Dr. Götz Adriani, Board Member of the Foundation of Kunsthalle Tübingen
  • Prof. Günther Wirth, Art Critic, Stuttgart

Nominations

  • 2021

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, “window images”

  • 2020

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, “wit and irony”

  • 2018

    Art Award “Water”, public services of the university town Marburg

  • 2018

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, “The world … goes away?”

  • 2017

    “Works on paper”, Kahnweiler international art award 2017, Rockenhausen/Pfalz

  • 2017

    Art Award “rights and poorness”, under the patronage of the Bavarian minister of justice, Munich

  • 2017

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, „Murder in Museum“

  • 2016

    International Perron-Art Award for Graphic, City of Fankenthal/Pfalz

  • 2016

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, „Beautiful, evil pictures“

  • 2012

    Austrian St. Leopold Piece Award 2011 for Humanitarian Commitment in Arts, A – Klosterneuburg / Vienna, International Art Award “Human dignity contra cynism”

  • 2012

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe “The historical view – 200 years of progress”

  • 2011

    International Lucas-Cranach Art Award of the Town of Kronach, “Views of man”

  • 2010

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe “Oasis as a phenomenon”

  • 2009

    Art Award of the Bernd-Rosenheim Foundation, Rosenheim-Museum, Offenbach, “Competition, victory and defeat”

  • 2007

    International Art Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe “Metropolis”

Projects

  • 2020

    Start of the project „In sky all are equal“ (Drawings against racism)
    Start of the project „Faith – Hope – Love “

  • 2019

    Start of the project „burial of Christ“, an art project in drawings, word and sound (opera singers, chamber choir, chamber orchestra and organ)

  • 2018

    Start of the project “Between the times”, a conversation between poetry and drawing

  • 2015

    Start of the project „1944/1945“

  • 2014

    Start of the project „Bethlehem“/„Another day in paradise“

  • 2013

    Start of the project „Dutch masters Suite“ in collaboration with the New York composer Johan de Meij

  • 2011

    Start of the project „duende de España“

  • 2010

    Start of the series of exhibitions project “INK meets Grimm” in the Hessian Grimm towns

  • 2009

    Start of the project „With the back to the wall / stand up for their rights“ in support of the work for children’s rights with a focus on sexual abuse of children and on prison children on the Philippine Islands

Contact

INK Sonntag-Ramirez Ponce
„Die Fabrik“
Deutelbacher Straße 13
63637 Jossgrund
GERMANY

Phone: +49 175 8137037
E-mail: kontakt@ink-malerei.de

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